Creative Critical Reflection

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1655SAVOCA, MICHAEL BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL US 818 AICE MEDIA STUDIES 9607/01

COVER AND TOC

TWO-PAGE SPREAD

HOUSE STYLE

I chose Bernard MT Condensed as the font for my masthead. I chose red, white, and black as the colors because they are the most desired colors for readers. My magazine is balanced and symmetric.

COVER

Masthead

Main Coverline

CoverlineCoverlines

Skyline

Barcode

TOC

Page number

masthead

dateline

TWO PAGE SPREAD

Pull Quote

kicker

byline

headline Body copy

Image caption

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES?

Masthead:

top center of magazine

white and black

it is Bernard MT Condensedit represents the car social groups

Cover Image it is a Ferrari at a parkit is centeredthe setting is in the park

Coverlines The coverlines are placed on the left and right side of the coverthey guide the reader on what’s insideFerrari coverline because it is the most important articleThey draw readers incondensedPoint Size: Did you make some coverlines larger than others? There is a skyline

TABLE OF CONTENTS

How many pages comprise the TOC? 1

Which elements of the magazine are emphasized? Symmetry

What is the text saying that grabs the readers attention. Ferrari 458 Spider

How does it entice a reader to buy the magazine?

It attracts the readers with interesting words and colors.

Font choice: Franklin Gothic Heavy, Franklin Gothic Book

DOUBLE PAGE SPREADDescribe the specific layout. Did you uses grids? No

What elements of the layout are enticing to readers? My headline is enticing.

-What elements of the image(s) attract readers? All of the pictures attract readers

-What is the article about and why would someone want to read the article? It is a car comparison

-How many columns of text did you use and why? 5, it helped organized the article

-What techniques are used to draw attention to specific portions od the text? I used a lot of color and shapes to attract readers

I used a few fonts, but my color scheme remained consistent with my house style.

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH AUDIENCES AND HOW WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS A REAL MEDIA TEXT?

How do you engage or attract audiences?

I uses great photography and attractive colors.

Why would someone want to buy your magazine?

It is a revolutionary new magazine that offers supreme articles.

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH AUDIENCES AND HOW WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS A REAL MEDIA TEXT?

DISTRIBUTION

Time Inc is my publishing company

The publisher should want to add my magazine because I will offer exceptional stories as well as provide an organized and appealing layout. The magazine will specifically be about sports cars, and higher end cars. In some cases, it may consist of average cars, but never low end automobiles.

What makes your magazine, different and stand-out. Why does the market need your magazine. The market needs my magazine because I will offer exceptional stories as well as provide an organized and appealing layout. The magazine will specifically be about sports cars, and higher end cars. In some cases, it may consist of average cars, but never low end automobiles.

Monthly magazines generally work 3 months in advance so I need to plan ahead when producing a magazine for print.

HOW DID YOUR PRODUCTION SKILLS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT?

My production skills developed throughout this project. I was able to utilize all the elements of Photoshop to create a realistic cover.

A key moment to my magazine was coming up with the name “SuperCharged” as my title. I feel that it made the image of the brand more masculine and shaped how I designed the cover and TOC.

At the beginning of the year, I had some experience with Photoshop, but none with InDesign. I was very comfortable using Photoshop to create my covers and such, but when it came to InDesign I was hesitant.

My skills developed by using new fonts and unfamiliar ways that make the font appear different than before. This made my coverlines in my final draft appear different than the rough drafts.

HOW DID YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES – SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND ONLINE – IN THIS PROJECT? I used Photoshop and InDesign in this project. I used them to create my Cover, TOC, and Two-Page Spread.

I used a Dell Desktop Computer

I used the text box tool, free transform tool, and the shape tool most often in Photoshop

In InDesign I used the text box and shape tool most often

For my blog, I used edublogs.edu and for embedding my PowerPoint I used Slide Share

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